title: [Varieties of diphtheria: microbiological diagnosis and epidemiological observations (author's transl)].
abstract: Following several cases of diphtheria an epidemiological investigation was made in and around Aachen. A total of 1458 throat and nose smears were examined for various Corynebacteria species. Other than in two patients who had diphtheria, toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae was demonstrated in only one person who had been in immediate contact with them. Of a total of 150 Corynebacteria of different species which were isolated, two further isolates proved to be non-toxin-producing diphtheria bacteria. All five strains were found in foreigners, who represented 46.8% of all tested subjects. The number of isolated Corynebacteria of different species was, at 13.62%, almost double that in a group of non-foreigners (7.35%).
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014421:Turkey
vernacular_title: Diphtherie-Erkrankungen. Mikrobiologische Diagnostik und epidemiologische Beobachtungen.